'07 deadliest for U.S. troops in Iraq


	'07 deadliest for U.S. troops in Iraq

tabsey

12-10-2007 9:12 PM

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sacrifices, to, dick'n'george

tabsey says:

Bad stats are usually tampered with. This doesn't include those who came home destroyed mentally. So sad what the two who see themselves as gods have done such wrong.

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BAGHDAD — The U.S. military announced Tuesday that five soldiers and a sailor had been killed a day earlier, making 2007 the deadliest year for U.S. troops since the start of the war in Iraq.
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